Neda's Boyfriend

Caspian has lost not only the
woman he was planning to marry, but also his country, his family, his
friends and his career. Anyone and everyone who had anything to do with
Neda's death are now toxic to the Iranian government. Members of her
family have been bullied, threatened and even detained. The doctor who
is caught on camera trying to save her life is now exiled in Britain.
The music teacher who was with her when she died has been rolled out on
Iranian television, patently required to deny what he saw: that Neda
was shot by a member of the religious militia.

And Caspian
disappeared.

In the days after her killing, he spoke out on foreign
satellite stations and then vanished. Finally it was confirmed he was
in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran  the frightening symbol of the
Shah's oppressive regime smoothly transferred into the hands of the
Islamic Republic's secret police. He was held for more than two months,
some of that time in solitary confinement. In September he was released
on bail pending trial  perhaps being prepared for one of the
extraordinary show trials that have been broadcast on Iranian TV over
the past months, in which leading supporters of the opposition have
been obliged to recant their actions. Urged on by family and friends,
Caspian decided he had to escape.

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